History Anime / PaniPoniDash

* CryCute: Becky, whenever she gets scared, pressured, or scolded by her students (usually by Rei); so cute indeed that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Himeko]] even called it the "Hau-Hau".

*** Averted by Fumiko Orikasa, VA of Himeko, with Kirara from SamuraiSeven and Yuko Okonogi from DennouCoil. Who could have thought that [[GenkiGirl Himeko]] would have the same VA for a mature older sister and a mild mannered girl?

*** [[HillaryHaag Becky]] sounds very much like [[Anime/PrincessNine Ryo Hayakawa]] and [[FullMetalPanic Teletha]].

*** Komachi from SamuraiSeven sounds ''exactly'' like Becky; they are both voiced by Chiwa Saito.

*** [[HidamariSketch Yoshinoya]] is now combat {{Meido}} [[MiyuMatsuki Media]].

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Subverted. Turns out Old Geezer's name really IS Old Geezer.

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Himeko could be considered this.

** Komachi from SamuraiSeven sounds ''exactly'' like Becky; they are both voiced by Chiwa Saito.
** Averted by Fumiko Orikasa, VA of Himeko, with Kirara from SamuraiSeven and Yuko Okonogi from DennouCoil. Who could have thought that [[GenkiGirl Himeko]] would have the same VA for a mature older sister and a mild mannered girl?
*** Also, Rukia now has an ahoge and blue hair, as well as being the resident idiot.
** [[HidamariSketch Yoshinoya]] is now combat {{Meido}} [[MiyuMatsuki Media]].

** Also Rei Tachibana here is not [[KagakuSentaiDynaman Dyna Pink]].

* ChasteTeens: Partially avoided in episode 11, though.

*** He also briefly turns into [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Keel Lorenz]], also voiced by Mugihito.

It's a StudioShaft, reference-a-minute, madcap comedy series best described as early ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''Manga/ExcelSaga''.

* PolarOppsiteTwins: The Kashiwagi Twins. Yuma is an extreme extrovert, Yuna is an extreme introvert. Yuma maliciously sabotages Yuna's hopes of being more accepted just to stay in the spotlight herself.

Originally licensed by the fine folks at ADVFilms, now licensed by FUNimation.

* WidgetSeries AND HOW

* PrecisionFStrike

* FiveManBand: The class 1-C
** TheHero: Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto
** TheLancer: Himeko Katagiri
** TheSmartGuy: Rei Tachibana
** TheBigGuy: Miyako Uehara
** TheChick: Sayaka Suzuki and Kurumi Momose
** TokenEvilTeammate: Ichijou
** TeamPet: Mesousa

* CryCute: Becky, whenever she gets scared, pressured, or scolded by her students (usually by Rei); so cute indeed even [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Himeko]] called it the "Hau-Hau".

** [[HumungousMecha Pani Poni X]] has a ChestBlaster as well.

** Media joins the school in the same episode, and doesn't even bother with a uniform.

** Rei starts wearing a plain white shirt with necktie, beginning in episode 10.

** Rei starts wearing a plain white shirt with necktie, beginning in episode 10.

* CustomUniform

* GrossUpCloseUp: Kurumi getting a cold on the 23th episode. Doubles as AccidentialNightmareFuel.

* JerkAss: Suzune, Becky, Miyako and Rei.

* DifferentAsNightAndDay: The Kashiwagi Twins. Yuma is an extreme extrovert, Yuna is an extreme introvert. Yuma maliciously sabotages Yuna's hopes of being more accepted just to stay in the spotlight herself.

It's a StudioShaft, reference-a-minute, madcap comedy series best described as early ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''Manga/ExcelSaga''.

Originally licensed by the fine folks at ADVFilms, now licensed by {{FUNimation}}.

** There are some chalkboard gags that exhibits this. One episode there's a scribble saying "Embarrassing [=StaXment=] Are Prohibited" this refers to [[{{Manga/Aria}} Aika Granzchesta's]] CatchPhrase. Aika and Becky are both voiced by Chiwa Saito.

** In the OVA, Ichijou has the same hairstyle and school uniform as [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Kafuka Fuura]]. Both are voiced by AiNonaka.
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** Episode 8 is entirely about Behoimi as she comes to realise that she's not a real magical girl.
** Episode 19 is almost entirely about Class D.

* AllStarCast: ''Both dub versions''.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Episode 7 has Ichijou's little sister increased in size 100 fold.

* {{Bishounen}}: Shu Momose and [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Tsurugi Inugami]].
** Don't forget [[CandyCandy Ansony]]/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Anthony]].

* TheChewToy: Mesousa, sometimes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwpfQL75fgs&feature=channel_page literally]], and Himeko at times.

** Episode 15 has Himeko imagining their bus crashing onto the {{Discworld}}

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The United States Defense Department of Defense.

* DontCelebrateJustYet: An adorable and very polite little girl named Taeko, a "Jinx in Training," asked Mesousa if he could "please be unhappy" for her. She ends up placing a bomb on his forehead without him realizing it. Over the course of the episode, Becky, Behoimi, and Medea use Serazawa as a test dummy to develop a way to remove the bomb. By the end of the episode, they find Mesousa and tell him they found a way to safely remove the bomb! All the other girls start praising Becky for being the [[ChildProdigy little genius]] that she is.... *BOOM*

* {{Emoticon}}: The show makes good use of 2chan emoticons. Especially on Kurumi's face when she's so absolutely befuddled that she has no clue what's going on, or when depicting certain periods of Japan's history.

* EyesAlwaysShut: Media, Saotome, and Mesousa -- except in the last episode.

* FiveManBand: The class 1-C

* ForeheadOfDoom: Miyako. Himeko takes this to its logical extreme in her dreams.

* GreekChorus: The aliens.

** Averted by Fumiko Orikasa, VA of Himeko, with Kirara from SamuraiSeven and Yuko Okonogi from DennouCoil. Who could have thought that [[GenkiGirl Himeko]] would have the same VA for a mature older sister and a mild mannered girl?

* {{Mascot}}: Mesousa is a parody of the cute mascot character.

* MasterOfDisguise: Akane Serizawa has impersonated others with such accuracy that would make [[{{Spider-Man}} The Chameleon]] proud. Though, her Cat-ears hair tends to stick out.

* {{Meta Guy}}: Miyako often points out the insanity only to have everyone else shrug and dismiss it out of hand. This happens to Kurumi sometimes, as well.

* MotiveRant: Miyata has a total nervous breakdown that quickly turns into one of these when she hears that, in mysteries, it's always the least conspicuous person -- even though she doesn't fit the profile and didn't actually do anything.

* NoFourthWall: Occasionally the camera reveals them to be on a TV set, using a production crew, or at least using a lighting rig. A banner in Episode 9 welcomes the Pani Poni Dash film crew to the island; the crew can be seen shadowing the main characters throughout the episode.

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Himeko could be considered this.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Sayaka does an Argentine Backbreaker in the dreamworld. Everyone else present is rather unimpressed that this was the most fantastic special attack she could think of, since they were shooting forehead lasers and [[ChestBlaster boob missiles]].

** An extended one for {{Mugihito}}, the voice of the Alien Captain, who played Jean-Luc Picard in the Japanese dub of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' -- including a part where the aliens randomly turn into TNG lookalikes. At one point he watches the movie ''Excalibur'', specifically the part where Patrick Stewart's character vainly attempts to lift the sword from the stone.